YEAR’S CAMPAIGNING IN INDIA FROM MARCH 1857 TO MARCH 1858

Description

An account of one man’s share in the campaigns to retake Delhi and Lucknow with emphasis on the operation of the Engineers. Medley was Garrison Engineer of Lucknow. “The narrative embraces the Bozdar Expedition in the Derajat Hills, in March 1857; the Siege & Capture of Delhi in Sept. 1857; Col. Seaton’s Campaign in the Doab, in Dec. of the same year; & the Siege & Capture of Lucknow, in March, 1858. The first of these…will give the reader some idea of the peculiarities of the frontier warfare…” – author’s Preface.